Parallax is a retro-style arcade shooter, and it is absolutely my favorite in its kind. Use four different control methods to move your spaceship around the screen, avoiding or shooting down Aliens, collecting powerups, as they come your way. Read on below to see how Parallax compares with other arcade shooters of its type.

Gameplay

The speed of the lasers you shoot increases the longer you survive and so does the number, intensity, and speed of the aliens! This makes the game extremely fun yet challenging. You start the game with 100% health, which decreases as you take hits from or crash into the aliens. If you crash even once, the pace of the game slows down along with your speed, laser’s firing rate, and the aliens slow down to what they were when you started the game. There are many powerups and things you might want to collect along the way such as, health, a supernova (that blasts all aliens on-screen), and more. There are a few types of aliens, each moving in a different way, attacking you in different ways. Your score multiplier increases as you take down aliens without getting hit, but if you do get hit, the multiplier resets to x1.0. The lasers shoot automatically, so you have to be careful not to waste a shot. Once you crash, you are given a rating on how well you played based on your score and how long you survived. At this time, you can also share your score via Twitter and Facebook!

Joystick: A virtual joystick appears that can be used to move the spaceship around the screen.

Relative Touch: Touch anywhere on the screen and move your finger, this will relatively move the spaceship in the same way.

Tilt: When you select this control method, you get to calibrate it as well. Just tilt your iDevice in the direction you want your spaceship to move.

Graphics

This game delivers an awesome retro-style gaming experience combined with Retina Display support which is great.

Sound

This game has a fun background track that reminds me of the arcade games I used to play when I was little. Also the low pitched sound you hear when shooting down aliens is great!

Cost

This game costs only $0.99 which is actually cheap for the amount of content this game provides and how long this game will last you.

Longevity

Since this game is a never ending survival shooter, its longevity depends on your skill and taste for a challenge, as you try to make the top ten.

Conclusion

Having said all this, some of you might think that this game is too complicated to be a “Classic Retro-Shooter” but believe me, this game is many things, but its not complicated. Also, this game supports GameCenter as well as Openfeint, which makes playing the game much more fun as you try to top the leaderboards! The developers, Canupa, releases updates often, making the game better for you each time.